word-vault/dist/data/cards/ap/apart.json

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{
    "term": "apart",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "separated by a distance, of space or time",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The two houses stood 500 metres apart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their birthdays are only three days apart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two sides in the talks are still a long way apart *(= are far from reaching an agreement)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not together; separate or separately",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're living apart now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over the years, Rosie and I had **drifted apart**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She keeps herself apart from other people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't **tell** the twins **apart** *(= see the difference between them)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "into pieces",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The whole thing just **came apart** in my hands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When his wife died, his world **fell apart**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Within minutes the ship began to **break apart**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had to **take** the engine **apart**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody/something is not included in what you are talking about",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Victoria apart, not one of them seems suitable for the job."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her own friends were poles apart from his."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In temperament, she and her sister are poles apart."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be completely different in attitudes, opinions, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are now being serious after you have said something funny",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to destroy something; to criticize somebody very strongly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "countries ripped apart by fighting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dog had ripped a cushion to shreds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hounds fell on the fox and ripped it apart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She'll rip you to pieces if you try to keep her cub from her."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɑːt/",
                "audio": "ap/apart/apart__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɑːrt/",
                "audio": "ap/apart/apart__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin a parte ‘at the side’."
}